A little bit of fun is better than none
by Greg
Trenna became aware at some point around 2010 that she was getting out of the house less and less – it was often pretty hard. But she didn’t want to lose touch with the city in which she lived. And she wanted some recreation and a change of scenery.
So, she invented the “Recce-Vite”. She was using French words to describe a quick look around somewhere.
A recce-vite was designed to be a short outing that was interesting and enjoyable, but which had a minimal impact on her body.
I don’t know how may recce-vites we ended up doing – maybe 20, it might have been half of that. I’m not sure.
“I would recommend the recce-vite to everyone – regardless of ability.”
Eventually Trenna’s eyesight and poor cardio health made even these fairly minimalist outings quite hard, and certainly less enjoyable.
I do remember the ones we did as being very enjoyable experiences which made us feel good about ourselves and each other.
I would recommend the recce-vite to everyone – regardless of ability.
Here’s Trenna’s explanation, from her iPad, of how to plan a recce-vite.
NOTE: With all the iPad files I insert onto this website, please remember that Trenna DIDN’T write them with a view to them being published, they were notes she was making for her, and often also my benefit.
Also, she wrote notes on a couple of the recce-vites. Here they are.